Re: Wives & Our Cars (Money)

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Onree <onree@xxxx> wrote:
> I new I was in trouble when I walked in to the Village Inn and there sat my
> second wife talking to my first wife. I was always buying basket cases
> (cause they were cheap) and telling wife one that I would restore them
> someday. She'd say that there was no RE involved, that all I ever did was
> store 'em. And she was right--I hate to admit it. My business (I own a music
> store) takes so much of my time that I just don't have time to do much car
> work any more.
> Upshot of it all is that I made an agreement with current wife not to buy
> anything that I couldn't drive home under its own power. Hated that at
> first, but it's been about five years now and has worked out pretty well.
> Haven't had a car argument for a long time. (I would never spend money that
> the family needed on my hobbies.) My wife does like to embarass me in public
> by asking how many cars I have--and I need to make out a list to come up
> with a number, but it's all in good fun. Let's see: 1953 Chevy, 1967 Morris
> Minor, 1957 Volkswagen, 2 Eagle SX 4s, 2 Eagle wagons, and THREE
> GREMLINS--plus a Honda Element (wifes car) an old Lexus (stepdaughters car)
> and old LeBaron convertible (sons) and a Dodge Caravan (belongs to the
> store--doesn't count) Everything runs and drives at least around the
> lot--most of my oldies are antique licensed and insured so I can get in and
> enjoy driving them.
> Onree
> 
> My worst screw-up in the old days: Shortly after marrying wife #2 I made a
> great deal--traded a guy a saxophone for three (yes THREE) 1953 Chevys. Of
> course, not one of them ran, so there owner towed them into my back yard as
> part of the deal. About a year later I went out to the back yard one Sunday
> and discovered that my wife and stepson had covered the hood, roof, and
> decklid of one of them with SOD. I was really peed off, more so when she
> told me that they'd been that way for six weeks and I hadn't even noticed.
> 
> 
> on 7/14/04 4:01 AM, badass73gremlin@xxxx at
> badass73gremlin@xxxx did write:
> 
> 
> From: "amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>
> Date: 2004/07/14 Wed AM 04:42:20 EDT
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Wives & Our Cars (Money)
> 
> I know this is all funning around,but lets not let this thread get long and
> drawn out as its sightly miffed some of our female members here i really
> don't think we need a 'my wife will cut off my jimmy cuz i bought a
> christmas tree air freshner for my gremlin,not ranting just from what i've
> seen on other forums about this very subject can turn ugly if your not
> careful.
> Bart


I bet you were in trouble after the two got together Onree. My wife's best friend was my previous girlfriend. My wife never had a problem with it but the "X" girlfriend's husband did 15 years later. It figures he drove a Chevy and was an idiot anyway. I saw her for the first time in 25 years at my wifes mothers funeral recently and if I wasen't told who it was I would have never known who it was. It's been a long time since I have seen a Morris Minor. A friend had one back in the late 60's and another friend had one in the early 70's. 
"Doc"